Sharon Barr

An American actress who achieved cult status in the 1970s with her participation in the neoexpressionist offoff Broadway movement with roles in Women Behind Bars and The Dirtiest Show in Town Barr was raised in Lake Forest Illinois She graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and began her career in the 1971 Los Angeles production of Tom Eyens Dirtiest Show in Town She went on to star in Eyens Women Behind Bars and play Anita Bryant in Ronald Tavels The Ovens of Anita Orange Juice at Williamstown Theater Festival and later again in New York among many other productions She also appeared in Eyens White Whore and the Bit Player Ms Neffertiti Regrets and Give My Regards to OffOff Broadway at Ellen Stewarts La MaMa ETC And performed at Theater Genesis at St Marks Church in the Bowery and Manhattan Theater Club In the early 90s Barr wrote and performed a solo performance piece titled Protect Me From What I Want in comedy venues around Los Angeles Barr went on to guest star on numerous TV series including Hill Street Blues Night Court Seinfeld and Cheers where she was the only actor to appear as two different characters on two separate episodes She was a series regular on ABCs Max Headroom and also appeared in Martin Ritts Nuts and Dario Argentos Trauma